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What is an epidemic?
a widespread occurrence of a disease
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What is the Hippocratic Oath?
a formal promise made by recently qualified doctors that they will follow the standards set by their profession and try to preserve life
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Who is a patient?
a person who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor or hospital
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Who is a surgeon?
a doctor who specializes in operations
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What is a fever?
an abnormally high body temperature
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What is cowpox?
a mild eruptive disease of the cow caused by a pox virus
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What is obligation?
a moral or legal requirement; duty
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Who is a colleague?
a fellow worker in the same profession; a coworker
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Who is a physician?
a doctor specializing in treatments other than surgery
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What is a rash?
an area of red spots that appears on one's skin
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What is smallpox?
a serious infectious disease that causes spots which leave deep marks on the skin
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What is social conscience?
caring or concern about important social issues
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Who is a cartoonist?
a person who draws a humorous drawing in a newspaper or magazine
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who is a chemist?
a health care professional licensed to help patients with drugs
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What is a blister?
a small bubble-like elevation of the skin filled with serum (pus)
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What is immunity?
protection against a disease; power to resist infection
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What is a calling?
a profession or career which someone is strongly attracted to or a strong inner urge to follow an occupation
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Who is a survivor?
a person who lives afterwards in spite of a disaster, accident or illness
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Who is an ambassador?
an official envoy; an authorized representative or messenger
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What is a vaccine?
a substance containing a harmless form of the germs that cause a particular disease
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What is plague?
an infectious disease of rodents, esp rats, transmitted to humans by the bite of the rat flea
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What is a covenant?
a formal written agreement (or promise)
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Who are conquerors?
people who have taken complete control of a country or land
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What is livelihoods?
means of living or supporting life
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What is variolation?
the deliberate inoculation
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